European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes commentary sportsmanship dying in the 90s not All bad Hoys grow up to be Bud men. It Only because some bad boys never grow up at All. In Case you missed it the two time defending Aba Champion Detroit pistons bowed out of the playoffs monday with a performance so petulant it almost had to be seen to be believed. If you missed it Eon Sider yourself one of the Lucky ones. In the morning newspaper there is a photo of the Detroit s Mark Aguirre walking off the floor near the end of the game alongside Bill Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas with an draped Over the shoulder of each. At the top of the Frame do Ems Rodman can be seen standing in front of the Bench applauding. If All you glimpsed was that picture and the final score you would think Detroit a Little dynasty came to n Graceful end. But the picture remains poignant Only so Long As you Don t read the copy below it. A throughout the Eastern conference Leal the pistons pushed shoved punched elbowed tripped and taunted the bulls. I hey collected 30 personal fouls one of them flagrant enough to Merit further review by league officials. A Quot we knew they would come out and do anything to gel a win Quot said Chicago a Scottie Pippen who required stitches to close a Gash in his Chin after being the victim of that flagrant foul. A whether that meant taking somebody Down or somebody out.�?�. But even that Wasny to enough. The pistons also cursed the heavens bitched and moaned at the officials Good for four technical wailed and whimpered and whined to one another. And then nearly to a Man even before the final Buzzer had formally sealed their Fate they filed past the Chicago Bench without so much As a goodbye and Good Luck. There were a few notable exceptions. Detroit coach Chuck Daly was diplomatic in his pos game comments and John Salley made a Point to seek out Michael Jordan to offer congratulations. Joe Dumars Jim Litke Chicago a Horace Grant and Michael Jordan enjoy their series clinching Victory Over the pistons. Yelled the same As he trotted off the floor and Janies Edwards and tree Rollins wished a few friends on the Chicago Side Well. But noted bulls coach Phil Jackson a a that a about All. I Wasny to very cold stuff. Not simply what the pistons did. But the fact that did no to expect anything else. There was a time when graciousness in defeat or a finely developed sense of fairness revealed on the playing Field was considered a sign of both character and strength. In the -18% games a French cyclist named Leon flaming stopped and waited while the take of his opponent was repaired before resuming the race. In 1912, after decathlon and pc Mathalon Winner Jim Thorpe was stripped Oins medals for having earned $25 a week playing minor league baseball several years earlier the runners up in both events refused to accept the Gold medals. In 1964, High time world Champion of Italy removed an Axle Bolt from his own two Man sled and gave it to a British pair who went on to win the event. It is not entirely coincidental that the most memorable of these displays arc drawn from olympic lore they Are drawn from decades Long since past a a a a -. A a a but the Point is not to celebrate Amateur sports or some bygone Era. Because there arc enough examples of cheating Back then and of exemplary behaviour now. Even among the ranks of the professionals. The Point is that what once earned an athlete the Label a sportsman Quot would earn him the Label a chump Quot today. No one competes in a sport for the express purpose of making excuses or a gracious Concession speech. But being Able to make a passable one used to be thought of As a consequence of losing a lesson in responsibility. It is unfair in these times to ask each individual athlete to stand As a role Model but not unfair to expect them to serve in that role at least As a team. It is riot just the winners after All who Are supposed to Benefit from All this game playing. That is the reason we still make Little league teams line up at the end of every game and shake hands. Because adults realize that nobody is going to win them All and learning How to lose a and lose Well a is a big part of what growing up is All about. A the associated Page 24 suffered while leading Italy s Omar Camp Orese. And 1 Ltd seeded Emilio Sanchez another spaniard with Success this year on Day was ousted he Switzerland s Jakob i Vlasek 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 7-5. Sanchez earlier this month won the italian open. Bruguera beat Becker in the Monte Carlo open final last month and a year ago ousted Stefan Edberg the top seed then and now. Front the French open. Edberg faces a second round match t thursday against austrian Horst Skoof. The other survivor from the menus top Lour. No 4 Andre Agassi breezed into the third round wit hah-1,6-2, 6-2 Victory Over Petr. Korda of Czechoslovakia. He next plays John Mcenroe a younger brother Patrick who beat australians Jason Stoltenberg 7-6 7-16-3, 6-4. Also advancing after difficult matches were kith seeded Michael Chang the 1989 Champion and France s Best Hope. No. 7 seed Guy forget. Chang outlasted Sweden s Jonsson 7-6 .7-44-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, raising his career record in five set matches to a remarkable a i. He wasted three match Points at the end before winning when the Umpire overruled a line Call in his favor. Forget cheered by a noisy Center court crowd survived a scare against american Jimmy Arias. The Frenchman won the first two sets easily dropped the third and trailed 1-4 in a fourth set tiebreaker before two unforced errors by Arias helped him to a 6-3,6-2,5-7,7-6 7-4 Victory. The top seeded women continued their easy marches through the Early rounds led by no 2 Steffi Graf. She demolished Petra Langova a 20-year-old czechoslovak ranked 80th in the world 6-t6-1, in just 45 minutes. Fourth seeded Mary Joe Fernandez downed Germany a Sabine Hack,�6-4, 60 no. 11 Katerina male Eva beat Japan Sakiko Kij Imuta 6-2, 6-3 and no. 13 Nathalie Tauz iat beat Nathalie Guerere 62.6-1. Graf repeatedly attacked Lan Grovas a weak serve and said she. Was Quot especially eager to play Well Quot after a relatively difficult 6-3, 7-6 first round Victory Over Magdalena male Eva. Her ultimate goal Here is a championship that could reclaim the world no. I spot from top seeded defending titlist Monica Seles. Seles was off wednesday and plays South african Mariaan de Swart on thursday. 80,000 fans celebrate penguins Victory Bash Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh penguins held a Victory parly for 80.000 fans on guest of Honor gleaming brightly from a Impromptu Bath in Mario la Mieux s swimming Pool was the Stanley cup. Quot a a a a one of the unlikeliest championship teams in recent sports history the pen Givins held a 45-minute Celebration at a downtown Park to celebrate their Stanley cup clinching 8-0 Victory Over the Minne Sola North stars. And the whole City was invited. A Many of the Bariner waving fans were among the estimated 40,000 who showed up at 3 30 . Sunday at greater Pittsburgh International Airport to Welcome the penguins Home. A a when we were coming Back we heard you All the Way from Minnesota a coach Bob Johnson said. A we kept hearing about the North stars fans but where were they in october and november when they had 2,000 in their building Quot Forward Bob erred said. A the real fans Are Here. You Guys Are the penguins sold out their final 27 Home games and averaged nearly 16.000 fans a game in the 16,164-seat civic Arena. A. A a a Quot a the fans showed up again tuesday to Toast the penguins. The penguins in turn saluted the fans a we love you Guys and this cup is for you a playoff map Mario Lemieux said holding up the 27-Pound trophy. Some arrived As Early As 7 . 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